tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post9216374546294145696..comments2024-03-29T07:30:30.121-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Ken Moak — Western critics should not be so skeptical of Belt and Roadmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-20982611735050410162017-05-21T14:29:03.535-04:002017-05-21T14:29:03.535-04:00Umm tom, in case you havent noticed Europe is alre...Umm tom, in case you havent noticed Europe is already linked to China and asia via the water. <br /><br />The whole reason for China wanting to do this is because they have no navy, and so in the even t of war with the US they can easily be cut off from their maritime trade. This is also why the US opposes it, to maintain our dominant strategic position on the worlds oceans. There is zero threat of the new silk road seriously biting into global maritime trade between europe and asia as the physics just dont add up.<br /><br />Why would the US want or encourage the development of a neer peer rival? You make this sound as if its crazy or a bad thing. This is what makes the US the enemy of Russia and China, this is why they are hostile to the current order. Thhey want to dominate their smaller regional neighbors in their sphere of influence. We are big and powerful enough that we dont have to let them. We are a great hedge for their neighbors, of course they hate us for this. They want to dominate, they want to win and they cant becuase we are too powerful. This is a good thing, the world is much better with the US in charge then with China and RussiaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15433129947896088098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-67725099248152560272017-05-21T11:13:39.878-04:002017-05-21T11:13:39.878-04:00What on Earth are you smoking? The oceans and wate...<i>What on Earth are you smoking? The oceans and waterways have been the foremost strategic resource for all of human history and they will be for centuries to come. There is simply zero chance of the this new silk road being a threat to the current world order. The amount of goods transporting over land will always pale in comparison to water travel thanks to physics.</i><br /><br />Tell that the geostrategists like Zbig that run US and UK foreign policy and by extension military policy, "war being politics by other means" – Clausewitz).<br /><br />These people are terrified that the West will lose dominance if China and Eurasia are linked to Europe.<br /><br />This is a major reason for all the ongoing Russophobia and the encroaching of NATO toward the Russian border. It is to cut off the Eurasian land mass from Europe until it can be conquered.<br /><br />This is geopolitics and geostrategy 101.<br /><br />Books have been written about it, as well as various policy papers. It's no secret.<br /><br />See also the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfowitz_Doctrine" rel="nofollow">Wolfowitz Doctrine</a>. <br /><br />The US policy is not to permit an economic or military rival to global hegemony. This is what "American leadership" means as a code word that other world powers understand.<br /><br />This is why Russia and China's multi-polar world doctrine is considered hostile, which makes them enemies of the US dominated West.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-78035951165810866112017-05-21T07:49:01.182-04:002017-05-21T07:49:01.182-04:00Tom-
What on Earth are you smoking? The oceans an...Tom-<br /><br />What on Earth are you smoking? The oceans and waterways have been the foremost strategic resource for all of human history and they will be for centuries to come. There is simply zero chance of the this new silk road being a threat to the current world order. The amount of goods transporting over land will always pale in comparison to water travel thanks to physics.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15433129947896088098noreply@blogger.com